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I can’t recall ever reading The Guardian, a UK newspaper, for its sports coverage, but that changed today. While reading breaking news in the tragic Boston Marathon bombing story, a headline caught my eye: Can LA Lakers upset the San Antonio Spurs? Seriously?! I don’t know anything about the Guardian’s columnist (provocateur?), or whether the NBA is much of a concern to Guardian readers (doubt it), but I can tell…
Minnesota 108, San Antonio 95 58-24 overall, 35-6 home That was an exciting finish. Not the Spurs game; the Spurs played about the least interesting game tonight, and certainly the least significant in regards to the Spurs’ playoff future. No, most Spurs fans were watching the scoreboard all night: Denver-Phoenix, Memphis-Utah, Clippers-Sacramento, Golden State-Portland, and, most exciting, Lakers-Houston. And by the end of the night, as the last seconds of…
San Antonio 106, Golden State 116 58-23 overall, 23-18 road That was a fun game. And it meant absolutely nothing. (To be fair, it meant a lot to the Warriors and a little bit to the Spurs in regards to first round opponent; but really, it meant nothing.) I enjoy watching the ‘kids’ play, because they play hard and hungry. Everybody in the NBA can play, and play well. Given…
San Antonio 86, Los Angeles Lakers 91 58-22 overall, 23-17 road Well that sucked. What an ugly game. Just horrendous. There’s good defense, and then there’s just bad shot making. This had both, for sure. But lots of the latter. Some might call this game a “playoff like” atmosphere. Which is true in that there was a lot of energy and points were at a premium. But not so much…
Sacramento 101, San Antonio 108 58-21 overall, 35-5 home The game against the Kings last night was really an afterthought, a nice little dessert after a day of troubling main courses. But let’s examine the game first, briefly. Tony Parker returned and played quite well, though he did seem a bit sloppy and out of sorts. As would be expected for a player regaining his rhythm. But from the start…
San Antonio 86, Denver 96 57-21 overall, 21-16 road Let’s be clear about one thing from the jump: the Spurs winning this game would have been surprising. Denver has now won 21 games straight at home, and the Spurs were playing without 4 of their top 8 players. The game started well, as the starters came out strong, building a 14-0 lead. But it wasn’t sustainable; the Spurs had no…
Atlanta 97, San Antonio 99 57-20 overall, 34-5 home If you wanted to know if Tim Duncan–with a healthy dose of Kawhi Leonard–could still single-handedly beat an average to mediocre NBA team, the answer is ‘yes’. Duncan was magnificent tonight; Leonard was very good (which is becoming his norm). That is about all there is to say about tonight’s game. With a cumulative inactive list that seemed to outnumber the…
Oklahoma City 100, San Antonio 88 (56-20 overall, 23-15 away) There was a lot working against this team going into the game, and even more going against it once it tipped off. We were missing Stephen Jackson and Manu Ginobili, who despite down seasons, both perform quite well against OKC. In fact, if you could have each for only one series in the Western Conference, you’d choose OKC for both….
San Antonio 98, Orlando 84 (56-19 overall, 33-5 home) There’s not much from a team-wide perspective to gleam from this game. With Parker, Leonard, and Ginobili all sitting out, and with Duncan and Splitter playing very limited minutes in anticipation of tomorrow night’s important tilt with OKC, this game was more about role players stepping up and making the most of increased playing time, and not letting down against a…
Memphis Grizzlies 92, San Antonio Spurs 90 (55-19, 23-14 away) The NBA is weird. And cruel. One night after falling to the starless Heat in San Antonio, the Spurs nearly beat a full strength Memphis–sans Duncan, Leonard, and Ginobili–in Memphis. It would have been a nice salve to help ease the disappointment of the Miami loss. Instead, it’s just compounded anger and worry. And heartache. As much as Sunday’s loss…
